gleaner August 2012 - Aboriginal Studies

2013 Magabala Australian Indigenous Diary

Magabala Books

Magabala Books, HB, 9781921248733

Making the most of Magabala’s strengths and reputation, the 2013 Magabala Australian Indigenous Diary is a national diary, celebrating Aboriginal culture, land and people. It features full-colour reproductions of artworks by artists from around Australia, full-colour, stunning photography from one of Australia’s leading Indigenous photograpers, Wayne Quilliam, and significant dates in Indigenous history throughout the diary, with short, pithy information on ... More/Buy

Rethinking Social Justice: From peoples to populations

Tim Rowse

Aboriginal Studies Press, PB, 9781922059161

In the early 1970s, Australian governments began to treat Aborigines and Torres Strait Islander as 'peoples' with capacities for self-government. Forty years later, confidence in Indigenous self-determination has been eroded by accounts of Indigenous pathology, of misplaced policy optimism and of persistent socio-economic 'gaps'. In his new book, Tim Rowse accounts for this shift by arguing that Australian thinking about the ... More/Buy

unDisclosed: 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial

Carly Lane, Franchesca Cubillo (eds)

National Gallery of Australia, PB, 9780642334213

The second National Indigenous Art Triennial, unDisclosed, charts the trajectory of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art in Australia since the first triennial, Culture Warriors, in 2007. In tracing this path, the second triennial explores the work of 20 exemplary Indigenous artists from around Australia. As a series, the National Indigenous Art Triennial places Indigenous contemporary art practice at the front ... More/Buy